Table 2. Divergence within the HBV S-gene quasispecies.
| Isolates | Age (years) | Gender | Community | HBV genotype | HBV Serotype | Number of Clones | Number of unique clones | % Divergence within quasispecies | Co-infecting HBV genotype |
| A32 | 30 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 96 | 3 | 0.8 | - |
| A51 | 66 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 46 | 19 | 1.8 | - |
| A58 | 33 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 40 | 17 | 2.5 | - |
| A67 | 60 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 15 | 4 | 0.8 | - |
| A84 | 30 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 77 | 24 | 3.8 | - |
| A85 | 15 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 64 | 15 | 1.8 | - |
| A100 | 19 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 65 | 3 | 1.3 | - |
| A112 | 21 | F | 1 | E | ayw4 | 88 | 11 | 1 | - |
| A178 | 5 | F | 1 | E | ayw4 | 48 | 12 | 2.3 | - |
| A227 | 18 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 86 | 17 | 7.1 (2.8) | D |
| C16 | 24 | M | 2 | E | ayw4 | 23 | 7 | 1.0 | - |
| C19 | 25 | M | 2 | E | ayw4 | 66 | 19 | 1.8 | - |
| C8 | 25 | M | 2 | E | ayw4 | 46 | 14 | 6.8 (1.8) | D |
| C98 | 12 | F | 2 | E | ayw4 | 59 | 10 | 1.5 | - |
| V5 | 23 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 8 | 6 | 5.4 (2.0) | G |
| V16 | 21 | F | 1 | E | ayw4 | 96 | 13 | 1.0 | - |
| V30 | 22 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 92 | 37 | 6.0 (0.8) | G |
| V64 | 27 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 41 | 12 | 1.3 | - |
| V67 | 19 | F | 1 | E | ayw4 | 15 | 7 | 6.8 (1.5) | G |
| V100 | 26 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 44 | 11 | 1.8 | - |
| V137 | 20 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 47 | 8 | 0.8 | - |
| V157 | 24 | M | 1 | E | ayw4 | 18 | 12 | 2.5 | - |
| V103 | 22 | M | 1 | A | ayw1 | 78 | 4 | 2 | - |
| C3 | 24 | M | 2 | A | Ayw1 | 45 | 12 | 2.5 | - |
*The percentage diversity in bracket represents the genetic distance observed when co- infecting viral genotypes was removed from the analysis. Gender: M = male, F = female. Location: Village 1 and village 2.